Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Acting on the advice of his lawyers under hire for two years, Marc Emery has agreed to serve 5 years in a Canadian prison, with no chance of parole, to avoid extradition to the US for selling marijuana seeds to voluntary recipients. Violent criminals who rape and/or rob unsuspecting citizens are likely to serve less time in Canada.

Disgusting. Thanks for contributing roughly $578,000 in income taxes to government coffers Marc; you will now cash in on our respective contributions to pay for your up-keep, whether you agree or not.

"I'm going to do more time than many violent, repeat offenders," [says Marc Emery] "There isn't a single victim in my case, no one who can stand up and say, 'I was hurt by Marc Emery.' No one."

The sentence would be for 10 years, and Emery would have to serve at least 5 years of that sentence in Canada. In addition, if this deal is accepted, Emery would serve 6 - 9 months of his sentence in a US jail.